Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, was founded by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1974. At this year’s Commencement, Ani Pema Chodron, a bestselling author and student of Trungpa Rinpoche and his son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche was chosen as the guest speaker to encourage Naropa’s new graduates on their transition. Continue…

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An exploration of our deep connections to one another, and to our own compassionate hearts
by Aaron de Long
We might think of community as something external to our life, something extra. We have our car, our home, our job, and then we have our neighbors, our coworkers: ... continuePosted November 22, 2018 by CGH

Fifty years ago many of the greatest lineage holders of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition walked out of Tibet in order to preserve the wisdom of their heritage. As Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche said many years later:
We can find wisdom even in the midst of the worst ... continuePosted November 20, 2018 by

This article was originally published on the Richen Terdzo blog. It has been newly edited and reprinted on the Shambhala Times with the permission of the author.
By Holly Gayley
Terma texts contain Buddhist teachings intended for troubled times as a source of renewed wisdom and blessings. Although ... continuePosted November 18, 2018 by Holly

Sergeant Kendel with Iraqi children
In 2005 Sergeant Paul Kendel, an American Georgia National Guardsman stationed in Iraq, disillusioned with the American mission and with the aggression starting to overwhelm his military unit, began email contact with Margot Neuman, executive director of the Ratna Prison Initiative. The ... continuePosted November 11, 2018 by Gary_Allen

Eve Rosenthal, Dhi Good, and Heather Scott
In 2012, after six years at the helm of our established, yet still fledgling, Shambhala Online, I was ready to retire and hand over the reins to the next generation of techno-savants, those visionaries who would play in the “big ... continuePosted November 8, 2018 by Mark_Whaley

We hear from Jampa Pawo and friend Norma Harris about his life as a prison inmate and as a Shambhala Warrior
by Jampa Pawo and Norma Harris
It is now many weeks ago that Jampa Pawo, the inmate I’ve been writing about on death row, told me that ... continuePosted November 6, 2018 by CGH

Kalachakra Mandala, courtesy of HimalayanArt.org
By Nick Trautz
We often hear about the connection between Shambhala and the Kalachakra tradition. While the Kalachakra initiation has been given publically by teachers like His Holiness the Dalai Lama and His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, it is less common to have exposure ... continuePosted October 28, 2018 by Nick Trautz

A devoted Shambhalian contemplates the purpose, place, and utility of dissent, the value of disagreeing with the accepted way of things
by Amanda Hester
A healthy society depends upon a healthy level of dissent. Without dissent, discipline and form lose their joy and become simply authoritarian. Dissent is one ... continuePosted October 23, 2018 by CGH

Interview with Lama Tsultrim Allione
COLUMN: Radical Compassion
conducted by Cameron Wenaus of Retreat.Guru and Sarah Lipton, Editor-in-Chief of the Shambhala Times
transcribed by Emma Sartwell and edited by Christopher Schuman
Coming up soon is Naropa University’s celebration of their 40th year. Naropa has assembled some of the world’s most ... continuePosted October 11, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine

by Peter Seidler
This series of photos, titled “Before and After,” comes from a larger project called “Contemplatives,” a visual exploration of the physiological qualities of meditation practice. I set up the “Before and After” project to explore the observable effects on practitioners after long periods of ... continuePosted October 7, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine

Yellow Cylinder, courtesy of Brian Fay
An Interview with David Rome
“The theory behind Focusing is that the body knows a great deal more than the mind; it’s the realm of intuition. If you think about it, the body, the lived body, really is the entire history of ... continuePosted October 2, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine

Shambhalians at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco
by Irene Woodward, Emily Takahashi, and David Takahashi
Why we do the work of loving and protecting the earth, of attending to climate change? Certain people, certain situations, certain thoughts–they give us energy to go on. The Global ... continuePosted September 29, 2018 by CGH

Cheerful Harvest of Peace!
From everyone here at the Shambhala Times
Every year at the time of each solstice and equinox, Shambhalians around the world gather for what are called Nyida Days, to build community and mark the changing of the seasons. The Harvest of Peace Nyida Day ... continuePosted September 22, 2018 by CGH

Paying attention to the motivation behind the goals we set
by Katey Schultz
There are three things I’ve spent decades obsessing about: writing, hiking, and meditation. Recently, it occurred to me that I’ve also spent a lot of time and energy “setting goals” or “trying to do better” ... continuePosted September 8, 2018 by

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